Rail-joint.



M. CHULIGK.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. 1912.

1,035,857. Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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MIKE CHULICK, 0F MARIANNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

Application filed January 24, 1912. Serial No. 673,068.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIKE CI-IULIOK, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Marianna, in the county of WVashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of my invention are, first, the provision of simple and effective means for connecting splice bars to the confronting ends of rails; second, to obviate the use of nuts and bolts as a fastening means; third, to provide a simple and durable rail joint that can be easily and quickly installed, and fourth, to provide a rail joint that preserves the alinement of rails and prevents displacement of the same.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein:

Figure. 1 is a side elevation of a rail joint in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the rail joint illustrating one of the fasteners, Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating another of the fasteners, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a detached splice bar, Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a detached fastener, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a detached rail chair.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a rail chair having longitudinal inwardly projecting side flanges 2 for engaging the base flanges 3 of rails 1 having the ends thereof seated upon the chair. The outer edges of the flanges 2 are recessed, as at 5 to accommodate spike heads employed for holding the chair upon a tie, also to accommodate a specially designed tool (not shown) employed for shifting the chair relatively to the rails.

The reference numerals 6 and 6 denote splice bars bracing the webs of the rails, said splice bars having lateral flanges 8 extending under the flanges 2 of the chair 1. The ends of the splice bar 6 are provided with knobs or protuberances 9 and the ends of the splice bar 6 are provided with a knob or protuberance 10, similar to the knobs 9, and with a curved rack or notched lug 11. The webs 7 of the rails 24 have transverse openings 12 and 13 and arranged in the opening 12 is a link 11 that engages the knobs or protubcrances 10 of the splice bars (3 and 6, said link constituting one of the fasteners for connecting the ends of the splice bars and retaining said splice bars in engagement with the rails. The opening 13 contains another fastener comprising a retangular member 15 having a slot 16 and an opening 17. The opening 17 receives the knob or protuberance 9 of the splice bars 6" and the slot 16 receives the rack or notched lug 11. of the splice bar 6. These two fasteners cooperate in maintaining the splice bars in engagement with the rails and the notched lug 11 locks the splice bars together in a manner that they can not become accidentally displaced when the rails are vibrated.

The chair 1 is spiked to a tie, after which the opposing ends of the rails 4: are slid into the chair. The splice bars (3 and 6 are then arranged at opposite sides of the rails, said splice bars having their lateral flanges 8 seated in the chair 1. The splice bars 6 and 6} are positioned with respect to each other so that the knobs 9 of the bar 6 will oppose the protuberance 10 and notched lug 11. Prior to the positioning of the bars 6 and (3 the fastener 15 is mounted in position and which is adapted to receive one of the knobs 9 and the notched lug 11. The link 14 which has been positioned in the opening 12 is then shifted to engage the other knob 9 and PIOtllbGltlllCC 10, the opening 12 being of sufficient width to provide a clearance for the knob 9 and the opposing knob 10 with respect to the link 14 when the ole ments are set up.

\Vhat I claim is In a rail joint, the combination with a rail chair having side flanges, rails having the ends thereof confronting upon said chair and the webs of said rails provided with openings, of splice bars bracing the webs of said rails and having lateral flanges engaged by the flanges of said chair, knobs carried by the ends of one of said splice bars, a knob carried by one end of the other splice bar, a notched lug carried by the opposite end of said bar, a link arranged in one of the openings of the Web of one rail and In testimony whereof I aifix my signature engaging the knobs of said splgce bars, 3,113 in the presence of two Witnesses.

an apertured and slotte IneIn er arrange in the opening of the other rail and engag- MIKE GHULICK' ing the knob and notched 111g of said splice Witnesses:

bars at the opposite ends from the first men- H. S. DOTTS,

tioned knobs. J. U. HAWKINS.

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